Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-1) launch from Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, 0700+03 11 April 1981 Published on April 11, 2012 in 12 April 1981, 12:00:03.867 UTCFull resolution (934 × 1172) Next → Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-1) launch from Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, 07:00:03 11 April 1981. (NASA)